Citations:at one blast

English citations of at one blast

1. At once, at the same moment in time. [from 1379]
   • 1804, Robert Beatson, “Mediterranean”, in Naval and Military Memoirs of Great Britain, from 1727 to 1783. [...] In Six Volumes, 2nd edition, volume I, London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, No. 39. Paternoster-Row; W. J. and J. Richardson, Royal Exchange; Edinburgh: A. Constable and Co.; Aberdeen: A. Brown, →OCLC, page 203:

     When the dreadful effects of this infernal device [the Ann galley fire-ship] are attended to, and that it is the means, when employed, of plunging a number of gallant men at one blaſt into eternity, who is there but muſt feel an inexpreſſible pleaſure at its miſcarriage?